St. Vincent’s Annie Clark has often been described as an indie pixie and used classic Disney cartoons as a muse when writing Actor. It should come as no surprise then, that the album sounds like a dark coming-of-age story of an idealized Disney princess being rudely thrust into modern reality and struggling to deal [...]
Top 50 Albums of ’00s (20-11)
And the beat goes on…and the beat goes on…
(For those who need to catch up: #50-41, #40-31, & #30-21.)
20. The Stage Names – Okkervil River
Being an actor isn’t all glitz and glamor, or at least so says Okkervil River. Over the course of nine tracks Will Scheff and company use their linguistic brand of [...]
10 Best Songs of 2009
Songs!
10. “Satellite Heart” – Anya Marina
Almost whispered, this delicate tune is enough to make anyone’s mind float lightly away, swooning the entire time.
9. “A Little Bit of Red” – Serena Ryder
Okay, so technically this came out in 2008, but wasn’t released stateside until ‘09. Regardless, Serena Ryder’s pipes on this little country-twinged number are [...]
Best Albums of 2008 Revisited
So as the year winds down I always like to take a look back at my Top 10 Album list from the previous year and see how things have changed with said list over a year’s time for one reason or another.
The Original Top 10 Albums of 2008
1. Delayer – The Heavenly States
2. Everything Is [...]
Q&A with Serena Ryder
American audiences might not be familiar with Serena Ryder, but this folk-rock dynamo has already found great success in her native Canada. Only 25 years old, Ryder has already earned a gold record up north and won multiple Junos (Canada’s Grammys) – including “New Artist of the Year” in 2008, on the strength of [...]
